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Habits of Mind for Resilient Communities

Habits of Mind for Resilient Communities. October 9-12, 2011 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Tom Wojciechowski Community, Natural Resource and Economic Development. Eco-Municipality Resolutions Adopted In Wisconsin. City of Washburn ~ 2005 City of Ashland ~ 2005 City of Bayfield ~ 2006

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Habits of Mind for Resilient Communities

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  1. Habits of Mind for Resilient Communities October 9-12, 2011 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Tom Wojciechowski Community, Natural Resource and Economic Development

  2. Eco-Municipality Resolutions Adopted In Wisconsin City of Washburn ~ 2005 City of Ashland ~ 2005 City of Bayfield ~ 2006 Town of Bayfield ~ 2006 Town of La Pointe ~ 2008

  3. Bayfield Chequamegon Bay Region La Pointe Washburn Ashland

  4. Community Resilience Resilience refers to the ability of a system, from individual people to whole economies, to hold together and maintain their ability to function in the face of change and shocks from the outside. (Hopkins, 2008)

  5. *Persisting *Listening to Others – With Understanding and Integrity *Thinking about our Thinking *Questioning and Posing Problems *Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations *Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision *Managing Impulsivity *Thinking Flexibly Key Habits of Mind: A. Costa and B. Kallick

  6. Key Habits of Mind (cont.): A. Costa and B. Kallick *Gathering Data through All Senses *Thinking Interdependently *Finding Humor *Creating, Imagining, and Innovating *Responding with Wonderment and Awe *Striving for Accuracy & Precision *Learning Continuously *Taking Responsible Risks

  7. Key Habits of Mind: C. Kelly

  8. Four Key Habits of Mind for Community Resilience • Systems Thinking • Relationships and Collaboration • Practical Optimism • Place Based Consciousness

  9. Systems Thinking Systems Thinking The Web of Life: Capra

  10. Places to Intervene in a System Donella Meadows captured the following leverage points (in increasing order of effectiveness) Changes in Form 9. Numbers (subsidies, taxes, standards). • Material stocks and flows. Changes in Energy Flow 7. Regulating negative feedback loops. • Driving positive feedback loops.

  11. Places to Intervene in a System – (cont.) Donella Meadows captured the following leverage points (in increasing order of effectiveness) Changes in Consciousness 5. Information flows. • The rules of the system (incentives, punishment, constraints). 3. The power of self-organization. 2. The goals of the system. • The mindset or paradigm out of which the goals, rules, feedback structure arise.

  12. Systems Thinking & Sustainable Community Development Economy Society Environment Systems View of Sustainable Development: from “Toward a Sustainable Community: A Toolkit for Local Government” Also see the Community Capitals Model developed by Flora & Flora

  13. Relationships & Collaboration Sustainable Sweden Conference MRCSE 2009 Summer Workshop Founding the Green Team Network

  14. Practical Optimism • Grounded in Sustainability & Systems Thinking • Identify a task or target • Expand the conversation – adjust to clarify target • With broad support, move forward reflectively and passionately, with patience and timely advances. • Continue to broaden engagement/support. • Move to next level – next vision/opportunity Washburn Elementary School garden

  15. Place Based Consciousness

  16. Discussion Questions 1. What other “habits of mind” do you see as essential to creating sustainable, resilient communities? 2. How can you foster community learning about habits of the mind for resilient communities? 3. What habits of the mind get in the way of people in higher education working with local communities?

  17. Presenter: Tom Wojciechowski tom.wojciechowski@ces.uwex.edu http://ashland.uwex.edu/ Community, Natural Resource and Economic Development Educator , University of Wisconsin-Extension Ashland County _______________________________________________________ Collaborators: Clare Hintz elsewherefarmherbster@gmail.com Midwest Regional Collaborative for Sustainability Education Steering Committee, Agriculture and Energy Resource Center Board Ted May ted.may@witc.edu Academic Dean, Renewable Energy and Sustainability, Math & Science at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College www.witc.edu

  18. Draft Model with Examples from Chequamegon Bay

  19. Draft Model (cont.) with Examples from Chequamegon Bay

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